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Psalms 18:9

God's power and sovereignty

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
KJV
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
WEB
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
ASV
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
DARBY
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
BLB
And He stretched apart the heavens and came down, and a dark cloud [was] under His feet.
ÅB
Og han bøyde himmelen og steg ned,
og det var mørke under føttene hans.
OTB
Han bøyde også himlene og steg ned,
Med tykk mørke under sine føtter.
B1930
Og han bøide himmelen og steg ned, og det var mørke under hans føtter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 144:5–15

    Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:26

    There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

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  • 2 Peter 3:10

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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  • 2 Samuel 22:10

    He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:22–23

    These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

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  • Mark 15:33

    And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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  • Revelation 20:11

    And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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  • Joel 3:16

    The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

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